This is a very cute screwball comedy-romance--the type film they made so well in the 30s and 40s. Like many such films, it's got a plot that is VERY hard to believe and may cause some critical viewers to shake their head in disbelief. However, if you are a reasonably normal person, you can suspend your sense of disbelief and have a ball with this picture.
Ray Milland and Loretta Young are both staying at a resort in upstate New York. Both need to go to New York, but Young is without a car and stuck there for another day. So, she decides (without asking him) that she's going to tag along with Milland in his car--even though he is a total stranger. To make things worse, in the beginning of the film, she is a very hard to like angry feminist who doesn't appreciate Milland's help.
On the way, they stop in Greenwich, Connecticut (a town that was known for weddings in bygone days) and due to some impossible to believe circumstances, they are assumed to be newlyweds. To make matters worse, Loretta is an author who has written best-selling books about living the single life and she is pretty much a man-hater. Naturally, the false story makes it to the newspapers and now Loretta wants to correct the story but no one believes it (due to some MORE impossible to believe events). However, her editor thinks this fake story might be a GOOD thing, as now she can write books about married life. So, it's up to the thorny Loretta to convince a man who is practically a stranger (Milland) to pretend to be her husband. At first, he balks, but finally agrees due to his own hidden agenda.
Although they naturally don't like each other (heck, I was hoping that Milland would belt her because she was so nasty), you KNOW that with such a film that ultimately they'll fall in love. However, despite being tough to believe and formulaic, the journey there is just delightful and fortunately Young's character relaxes a bit and seemed much more likable as the film progressed. Cute and charming--this clever movie has somehow been overlooked and deserves to be seen. Watch it with a friend.
Ray Milland and Loretta Young are both staying at a resort in upstate New York. Both need to go to New York, but Young is without a car and stuck there for another day. So, she decides (without asking him) that she's going to tag along with Milland in his car--even though he is a total stranger. To make things worse, in the beginning of the film, she is a very hard to like angry feminist who doesn't appreciate Milland's help.
On the way, they stop in Greenwich, Connecticut (a town that was known for weddings in bygone days) and due to some impossible to believe circumstances, they are assumed to be newlyweds. To make matters worse, Loretta is an author who has written best-selling books about living the single life and she is pretty much a man-hater. Naturally, the false story makes it to the newspapers and now Loretta wants to correct the story but no one believes it (due to some MORE impossible to believe events). However, her editor thinks this fake story might be a GOOD thing, as now she can write books about married life. So, it's up to the thorny Loretta to convince a man who is practically a stranger (Milland) to pretend to be her husband. At first, he balks, but finally agrees due to his own hidden agenda.
Although they naturally don't like each other (heck, I was hoping that Milland would belt her because she was so nasty), you KNOW that with such a film that ultimately they'll fall in love. However, despite being tough to believe and formulaic, the journey there is just delightful and fortunately Young's character relaxes a bit and seemed much more likable as the film progressed. Cute and charming--this clever movie has somehow been overlooked and deserves to be seen. Watch it with a friend.